Tips & tricks
Linux
The applications in SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 for Linux come in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, making them compatible with 32-bit (x86, 686) and 64-bit (x86_64, amd64) Linux.
We test SoftMaker FreeOffice with the current versions of the following distributions and recommend choosing one of them:
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32-bit Linux systems
- 32-bit .rpm package for RPM-based systems
- 32-bit .deb package for DEB-based systems
- 32-bit .tgz package for other systems
64-bit Linux systems
- 64-bit .rpm package for RPM-based systems
- 64-bit .deb package for DEB-based systems
- 64-bit .tgz package for other systems
Installation on Ubuntu and Linux Mint
To install SoftMaker FreeOffice, simply double-click on the DEB installation package.
Setting up automatic updates on Ubuntu and Linux Mint
SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 can be updated from this DEB repository: https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt
You can configure your system to use this repository by first installing SoftMaker FreeOffice as described above, then opening a shell or terminal window and entering this command:
sudo /usr/share/freeoffice2018/add_apt_repo.sh
If you have set up automatic updates on your system, Linux will then keep SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 up-to-date automatically.
If you do not use automatic updates on your system, entering these commands will update SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 to the latest available revision:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Installation on Debian
On Debian, you should install SoftMaker FreeOffice using the command line.
On 32-bit Debian, open a shell or terminal window and enter these commands:
su -
apt update
dpkg -i softmaker-freeoffice-2018_976-01_i386.deb
apt install -f
On 64-bit Debian, open a shell or terminal window and enter these commands:
su -
apt update
dpkg -i softmaker-freeoffice-2018_976-01_amd64.deb
apt install -f
Setting up automatic updates on Debian
SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 can be updated from this DEB repository: https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt
You can configure your system to use this repository by first installing SoftMaker FreeOffice as described above, then opening a shell or terminal window and entering these commands:
su -
/usr/share/freeoffice2018/add_apt_repo.sh
If you have set up automatic updates on your system, Linux will then keep SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 up-to-date automatically.
If you do not use automatic updates on your system, entering these commands will update SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 to the latest available revision:
su -
apt update
apt upgrade
Installation on Fedora
The RPM installation packages are digitally signed by SoftMaker. Before installing SoftMaker FreeOffice, you should download our public GPG key and import it. Open a shell or terminal window and enter this command:
sudo rpm --import linux-repo-public.key
If you skip this step, you will still be able to install SoftMaker RPM packages, but you must press Ignore when being told about the missing GPG key.
Then install SoftMaker FreeOffice by double-clicking on the RPM installation package.
Setting up automatic updates on Fedora
SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 can be updated from this RPM repository: https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/rpm
You can configure your system to use this repository by first installing SoftMaker FreeOffice as described above, then opening a shell or terminal window and entering this command:
sudo /usr/share/freeoffice2018/add_rpm_repo.sh
If you have set up automatic updates on your system, Linux will then keep SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 up-to-date automatically.
If you do not use automatic updates on your system, entering these commands will update SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 to the latest available revision:
If you use yum:
sudo yum update
If you use dnf:
sudo dnf upgrade
Installation on openSUSE
The RPM installation packages are digitally signed by SoftMaker. Before installing SoftMaker FreeOffice, you should download our public GPG key and import it. Open a shell or terminal window and enter this command:
sudo rpm --import linux-repo-public.key
If you skip this step, you will still be able to install SoftMaker RPM packages, but you must press Ignore when being told about the missing GPG key.
Then install SoftMaker FreeOffice by right-clicking on the RPM installation package and choosing "Install or remove software."
Setting up automatic updates on openSUSE
SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 can be updated from this RPM repository: https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/rpm
You can configure your system to use this repository by first installing SoftMaker FreeOffice as described above, then opening a shell or terminal window and entering this command:
sudo /usr/share/freeoffice2018/add_rpm_repo.sh
If you have set up automatic updates on your system, Linux will then keep SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 up-to-date automatically.
If you do not use automatic updates on your system, entering these commands will update SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 to the latest available revision:
If you use zypper:
sudo zypper update
If you use yum:
sudo yum update
If you use dnf:
sudo dnf upgrade
If you have set up automatic updates on your system, you can skip this step, as Linux will update SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 automatically for you.
Installation on other systems
If your system is not listed here and you cannot run the installation with the instructions given above, you can install SoftMaker FreeOffice using our .tgz-based installation packages.
Depending on your system, download the 32-bit or 64-bit .tgz installation package. Then uncompress and untar it, and finally run the installation script inside:
If you use a 32-bit Linux system:
tar xvzf softmaker-freeoffice-2018-976-i386.tgz
./installfreeoffice
If you use a 64-bit Linux system:
tar xvzf softmaker-freeoffice-2018-976-amd64.tgz
./installfreeoffice
Restoring document icons
When you install FreeOffice, the icons for common document formats such as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX are assigned to FreeOffice. If you do not like our icon style, you can easily restore the previous icons by running this script:
sudo /usr/share/freeoffice2018/mime/remove_icons.sh